Radio receiver control



Aug. 30, 1938. p PEECK ET AL 2,128,561

RADIO REC IVER CONTROL Filed July 11, 1956 I E i L000 s am m Mfll/IVIEDL i E wm/m HOUSING ATTORN EY Patented Aug. 30, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE RADIO RECEIVER CONTROL Paul Peeck, Benno Johannesson, and

Eduard Germany Application July 11, 1936, Serial No. 90,062 In GermanyAugust 14, 1935 1 Claim.

In the hitherto known receivers, the apparatus has been usually placedon a table or stand. This has various disadvantages, for instance, thereceivers are readily exposed to damage (for 5 instance when cleaningthe room etc.) or interfere when there is insuificient room available,furthermore the handling is rendered inconvenient in that the hearer hasdiificulties in reaching the apparatus from his seat in order to tuneit.

It is the purpose of the invention to eliminate the said disadvantagesand to provide a receiver not exposed to exterior damage, requiring asmall space, and which can still be conveniently tuned by the hearerwhile placed at an acoustically favorable place in the room. This isaccomplished in accordance with the invention, in that the apparatus issuspended i. e. mounted underneath the ceiling or at another suitableplace.

The figure of the drawing shows the receiver combined for instance withan overhead illumination fixture. The actual housing I may consist ofwood or artistically designed from another suitable material. Theillumination means 2 may for instance be arranged at the sides thereof,while in the interior of the housing for instance at 3, the actualreceiver chassis is mounted. This may for instance be so arranged thatthe shafts for the operating knobs extend vertically downwards, whilebeing adapted to be lengthened by means of suspended rods 4. In thisway, it is possible to operate the apparatus by means of the rotatableknobs 5 provided at the lower ends of the rods. In order that thesuspended rods when pushed upwards.

not in use be not in the way and do not require space, it is proposed toarrange them in the manner of a telescope whereby they can be Theloudspeaker of the receiver is likewise disposed within the housing I.In this way, a favorable sound distribution is obtained in that forinstance the apparatus may be arranged at an acoustically favorableplace underneath the ceiling, whereby the chair placed underneath mayserve for seating the hearer.

The control of the operating means of the apparatus may also be carriedout in various other ways, such as using a flexible shaft extendingdirectly downwards, or laterally or concealed 15 in the masonry, andbrought to the readily accessible place of control.

Having described our invention, what we claim as novel and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A radio installation comprising the combina- 20 tion of a housing havinga flat base adapted for securing to the ceiling of a room, a loudspeakermounted in said housing, a radio chassis having rotatable controlelements, a rotatable operating member connected to and depending fromeach of said control elements the lower ends of said operating membersbeing accessible to an operator on the floor of the room and a pluralityof sources of illumination in the walls of said housing for illuminatingsaid housing and operating mem- 3O bers.

PAUL PEECK. BENNO JOHANN'ESSONL EDUARD MARCARD.

